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Seven Wonders of the Modern World

by Gyanvitaranam

   The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are considered to be the most impressive manmade structures from the Classical era. These Wonders (often called simply, the the Seven Wonders of the World) is a list of man-made structures built during the classical era.

   Scholars believe that ancient historians began compiling the list in the second century B.C. The final list of the Seven Wonders was defined in the Middle Ages. Today, let us take a tour to these magnificent scriptures.

The Great Wall of China

    Such is the enormous extent of this structure that calling it just ‘great’ might be an understatement. One of the world’s largest building-construction projects, the Great Wall of China is widely thought to be about 5,500 miles (8,850 km) long; a disputed Chinese study, however, claims the length is 13,170 miles (21,200 km). Work began in the 7th century BCE and continued for two....

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